I am a BIG support of the sayings: "Three time's the charm" or "Three strikes and you're out," so keep that in mind when you're reading my stories. Once all the episodes come out and they are read all over again; it becomes much clearer. It's a fun game to play. Once again, please excuse my awful spelling of names, etc.
Episode 4: "Moving On,"
Paris was anxiously walking around her apartment when there was a knock on her door. In 2 seconds Paris shot to the door, flung it open, grabbed Rory's arm on the other side of it, swung her inside with such force that Rory thankfully landed on the couch, and closed the door behind her.
Rory: "Just be glad I'm not a door-to-door salesman or a Girl Scout because they would have probably drop dead of a heart attack,"
Paris: "With those outfits, I'd be doing them a favor. Rory, I was WAITING for you to come! LOOK!"
Paris held out the back of her hand to Rory so that she could see the huge rock of a diamond on her ring finger.
Rory: "Wow a pilgrim would've much rather landed on THAT rock!"
Paris: "I'm engaged! I can't believe I'm ENGAGED… isn't that a kick?"
Rory: "Yes, I definitely feel like Mia Hamm got me right inside here,"
Paris: "One minute I wanted to put his head through the table and then the next minute; I wanted to DO him right there on the table!"
Rory with a slight degusted face: "Not exactly the dining image I would like engraved in my head, Paris!"
Paris: "Hey, you're twenty-two years old… deal with it,"
Rory nervously decided to bring up something.
Rory: "Um, so I assume you've forgiven Doyle for the kiss mix-up… right?"
Paris waved a hand much like brushing off a dusty table: "I talked it over with Doyle it was a misunderstanding… let bygones be bygones,"
Rory: "Yeah, well you're not very good with keeping bygones indoors. I really don't want to be hiding Doyle in my apartment like Mark Sway in "the Client,"
Paris: "As long as that woman keeps her James Mansfield hands away from Doyle I can put up with her,"
Rory asked: "You're REALLY engaged to be married?"
Just then Rory's cell phone rang. Rory checked to see who's number appeared and with a sour face; she ignored it.
Paris: "Who's calling that would cause you to make a face similar to when you accidentally ate broccoli that one time?"
Rory sighed: "Logan, he's been calling me lately. Probably wants to make an attempt of groveling back to me,"
Paris: "Then I wouldn't give him the time of day… not after proposing and breaking up just because you didn't want to get married to him so soon,"
Rory: "I guess that whole thing is passed through generations of Gilmore women… like Sickle Cell Anemia,"
Paris: "Yeah well sucks to be you. Now onto me. What flowers should I have for my wedding?"
Rory in disbelief: "You're REALLY, REALLY engage to be married?"
Theme Song
Lorelai was sitting on a stool at Luke's Diner when Luke came in wearing a tee shirt, his leather jacket and jeans.
Lorelai: "How is Bob?"
Luke: "Well considering he just had a stroke the other day, he's not too shabby. The stroke thought Bob was too tough to take down,"
Lorelai: "That's good. I just stopped by for lunch,"
Lane came in with Lorelai's food and put it down in front of her.
Lane: "Here you go Lorelai,"
Lorelai: "Thanks Flo… it looks great!"
Lane: "You should be hungry after all the hard work you've done today,"
Lorelai: "Oh I am ravenous… the kid in Fatso couldn't eat more than me right now. So how is it going with the twins and the band?"
Lane: "Not good. We had our first meeting a week ago and it started out fine until one of the twins cried and Brian ran to help. Zach intercepted because he thought since he is the father it should be his job. Then they argued. Zach got extremely jealous when he heard Brian was over often while he was off on tour during the summer. Zach; called me Guineviere, Brian Lancelot and then the band practice went boom! Eventually Zach realized how stupid he was and apologized to everyone… basically we got NOTHING done. I don't know how Gene Simmons was able to juggle between band and family life,"
Lorelai: "Lots of alcohol and women… you probably wouldn't want to follow that path. I think you're going to have to learn how by experience and with time. Eventually you'll be able to find the right pattern to deal with every important part in your life,"
Lane: "I hope so,"
Luke: "I'm going upstairs to change, I'll be right back…"
Lorelai: "…As Superman?"
Luke: "No, as myself but with flannel on,"
Lorelai: "Flannel Man is not a good image as a superhero,"
Luke: "No but Superman wears tights and a cape,"
Lorelai nodded: "Good point. See ya in a minute,"
Luke went upstairs to his apartment, opened the door, stepped inside, and gasped in horror. It was completely bare… and I mean COMPLETELY. Not even his bed was there. The walls were faded except for areas where furniture once was and they held darker shapes. There were some wire hangers in the empty closet and there wasn't even a scrap of paper on the floor. Luke zoomed out of his apartment and dashed downstairs to the diner phone in a panic.
Lorelai: "Luke, what's wrong?"
Luke began dialing random numbers, unable to concentrate on what numbers to press.
Luke: "Someone broke into my apartment and stole all of my stuff! I've gotta call the police and catch the bastard!"
Lorelai: "All your stuff is gone?"
Luke: "YES, didn't you hear what I just said?!"
Lorelai: "I did… but are you sure it was stolen?"
Luke: "What else could've happened?! The bed couldn't have floated out of my apartment like in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks "!"
Lorelai: "Probably not… maybe it hated that tiny apartment of yours so much that it ran away to a better house,"
Luke: "I'm not filing a missing person's report for a bed!"
Lorelai: "You don't need to file a report at all,"
Luke: "I NEED furniture to sleep in! I know I camp outdoors but I shouldn't have to camp indoors, too!"
Lorelai: "You don't have to… live at my house,"
Luke didn't know how to react to that so he just stared at her with a blank look on his face. Finally he managed to spit out; "What?"
Lorelai: "Well considering your bed is THERE… you should live there,"
Luke hung up the phone in shock.
Luke: "Excuse me, did I just take a step into the Twilight Zone or something? You couldn't have possibly been able to move all of my stuff out of my apartment and into your house…. Could you?"
Lorelai winked and replied with: "Maybe you should check it out for yourself, Joe Friday,"
Rory was at the early morning meeting with the newspaper staff. The boss was looking very upset about something. The Boss pointed a hasty finger at a boy with longish dirty-blond hair that was in a ponytail. He was wearing a leather jacket, army pattern pants and leather gloves without fingertips.
Boss: "I received some very nasty letters about one of the comic strips you chose to be published in yesterday's newspaper, Ian,"
Ian looked up from his desk in confusion.
Boss: "It seems you picked one where a character said the word: "Crap" in it and it offended some parents who had children,"
Rory: "I'm sorry sir, but what was the comic strip about?"
Boss: "Two Men who took their dog out for a walk. They met up with two women who were looking at them with interest at first but as the men hit on them; they had disgusted looks on their faces. Eventually they turned sharply away and the men were puzzled. Finally one of them turned around and noticed something about one of the dogs and he tapped on the other guy's shoulder to point it out to them. There was a spot where one of the dogs made a mess and one of the men had stepped in it. That's when the man with the mess on the bottom of his shoes commented with: "Crap". That was an inappropriate choice of words because children read comics, too. As a result; I have two letters in my office from parents about it. I don't know why I put up with you Ian. You never attend morning meetings and you don't speak a word to anyone you work with. That is not professional and makes it seem like you don't care about this newspaper at all,"
Rory: "But that's not fair to say to him. Ian works hard and helps others when he can. He helped me with my article by pointing to a mistake I had before it was printed. If he hadn't seen it; I would've gotten into trouble. He doesn't avoid people on purpose, he just doesn't know how to communicate verbally. The comic is a reflection of the Freedom of Speech. It was chosen because he thought it was funny… and it IS. The comment was not used as an offensive slang, but of irony and they could've used a MUCH worse word than that. There is enough violence and slander in the top news stories on the front cover that is read everyday but it goes unnoticed. Yet when something small like the word "crap" appears in a comic… it's a big deal. That is not right. Children who see newspapers the first thing they usually see is the front cover and they sometimes have very graphic pictures. What is so horrible about that comic strip in comparison?"
The boss thought it over for a little bit until he nodded.
Boss: "First of all it was very foolish of you Miss Gilmore to denounce my methods of running a newspaper to defend your co-worker. However, it was also very admirable of you stand up for something you believe in and point out what was flawed about my accusations. Besides, it is kind of funny when I think about it and for as many parents who were offended there were more who thought it was clever or entertaining. Ian, you can relax just be a little more careful next time. Miss Gilmore, I warn you not to defy your bosses too much in the future it could get you into trouble one day. We know what we are doing… most of the time,"
Rory: "Yes, sir! I apologize deeply for stepping out of line,"
The Boss waved her away.
Boss: "I'll let it go this time. Now let's all get work,"
The group dismissed leaving Rory standing by Ian's desk. He looked up at her. She winked and he quickly looked right back down. Rory shrugged and walked away.
In the next scene, Luke nearly broke down the door to the Crap Shack as he ran inside he nearly smashed into his bed which sat right there in the living room. Pretty much everything else was in there, too.
Lorelai: "I put most of it in here but the bookcases and stuff I put in the garage,"
Luke: "Are you Lou Ferrigno or something… how the Hell did you get all my stuff out?!"
Lorelai: "While you were at the hospital visiting Bob; I took the opportunity and called Kirk who's working for a Moving Company. He and various townsfolk help me to move your stuff out,"
Luke: "KIRK… I should've known! WHY? Why did you do this to me? Was it just to torture me because it's not that hard to do?!"
Lorelai: "Of course not, I did it because I thought it was time,"
Luke: "Time for what?"
Lorelai: "For you to move in Dr. Sam Beckett," (aka; Quantum Leap)Luke: "Of all the crazy schemes, Lucy; I can't believe you did this!"
Lorelai: "Well I certainly wasn't expecting you to step up and do it yourself… so I did it for you. I mean we practically live at each other's places and now this way… we just stay in one place. No moving around like ants, except for work,"
Luke: "You're acting as if this is no big deal but you just moved me into your house!"
Lorelai: "My house… that you made into OUR house, remember? So it really isn't a big deal to me. Is it a big deal to you?"
Once again, Luke was speechless. Too many thoughts were rolling around in his head but he finally managed to spit out something.
Luke: "Isn't it too soon?"
Lorelai: "Eleven years is definitely NOT too soon,"
Luke: "We haven't been going out for eleven years,"
Lorelai: "No, but we've known each other for that long and you came over my house for the first time that year. That's enough time for me,"
Luke: "Okay so you have a point there but what am I going to do with all this stuff? I can't just leave it here?"
Lorelai: "You can store it, sell it or put it all in the garage and live there like the Fonze,"
Luke: "You're really sure about all of this?"
Lorelai: "I've never been more sure about anything in my life, except that I must be adopted… I'm still looking for my birth certificate,"
Luke: "But…"
Lorelai: "Enough buts, I like Butts especially yours but not right now. I want us to escape out of the rut we always get into and one of the things we never did before was move in together. Isn't that what normal couples do? You love me, right…?"
Luke: "Of course I do…"
Lorelai: "I love you too… so why not? We share everything and we are in each other's lives completely. What is SO hard about living under the same roof together?"
Luke: "I get the feeling, I'm not going to get out of this one,"
Lorelai: "You can if you honestly don't want to do this. I'm not holding this above you and it's better if you flee now instead of being stuck in this trap later. But if you can't come up with a valid reason why we shouldn't live together then please stay here with me… and your stuff,"
Luke: "Are you sure you're not a lawyer in disguise because I think you would've been able to get OJ guilty,"
Lorelai: "That would be a prosecutor and I did think of it at one time in High School until I noticed they had to wear suits… I mean poor Marcia. Does this mean, you're okay with everything?"
Luke: "I don't like the way it was DONE, but…. you're right. I think it's been long enough living separate lives even though we're in each other's lives so much. It does seems stupid now that I think of it,"
Lorelai: "Great, then we can figure out what to do with all of your stuff and how to move it,"
Luke: "You're going to call Kirk again, aren't you?"
Kirk came down the stairs.
Kirk: "No need, I'm here,"
Luke: "What?"
Kirk: "Oh yeah, Lorelai told me to stay upstairs until it was okay to come back down… then she would give me the money and a cookie,"
Luke shot Lorelai a look, and she looked away.
Luke: "I don't know who's the bigger manipulator… you or your mother,"
Lorelai glared at Luke: "Compare me to my mother again and you WILL be camping out in your apartment!"
Kirk: "Is it all right for me to come out now?"
Lorelai: "Yes, Kirk. Luke and I will help you move Luke's stuff around; then you'll get paid,"
Kirk: "What about the cookie?"
Lorelai: "I don't have one here in the house but I'm sure Luke has one at the diner,"
Luke sighed and put his hands in his coat pockets. His jaw nearly fell to the floor when one of his hands went through one of the pockets. Suddenly, an ugly epiphany hit him and he looked ready to panic again.
Luke: "I'll go back to the diner and bring back the cookie. It might take a while if the diner is busy,"
Lorelai: "No problem,"
Lorelai left to help Kirk and Luke escaped through the front door.
In the next scene, he raced through the diner, passed Miss Patty/Babbette sitting at one of the tables and rushed upstairs.
Babbette: "He must've seen Lorelai's house,"
Miss Patty: "I can't believe we missed it, I would've loved to see the expression on his face,"
Babbette: "Yeah, stupid Eastside Tilly had to keep us tied up with all her blabbing. We have to find a way of sneaking into her house one night and sewing her mouth shut,"
Lane approached the table.
Lane: "Oh, I saw Luke's expression… it was CLASSIC. I was struggling not to laugh. Too bad you missed it. More coffee?"
Patty and Babbette with miserable faces; "You bet,"
Luke marched down the stairs, to the counter where he grabbed a cookie, and then left the diner with just as miserable a face.
Lane: "Huh, I wonder what the cookie is for?"
Patty: "Bribery?"
Luke entered the Crap Shack and saw Lorelai there.
Luke: "Lorelai, there's a hole in my jacket's pocket. You didn't see the handkerchief April gave me that I had in that pocket by any chance… did you?"
Lorelai: "Oh yeah, well when I was gathering all your stuff; I came across it just sitting on the floor. I picked it up and there was a "tink" noise that came from it. I looked inside to see what made the noise but there was nothing so I placed it in one of the boxes in the garage for safekeeping. I guess I forgot about it… I'm sorry,"
Luke: "Trust me, I'm the one who's sorry right now,"
Lorelai gave him a puzzled look.
Luke: "I've um, got to get going… and do something… I'll see you later,"
Lorelai: "What? Hey, you promised to help Kirk move your stuff!"
Luke: "First of all this whole thing was YOUR idea so I'm not obligated to do ANYTHING and second; I WILL help you out… later. For now I have something much more important to do,"
Lorelai: "Okay, okay… keep your pantyhose on. I wanted to get back to the Dragonfly but I guess I'll have to stay here and take care of this,"
Luke nodded, gave her a quick kiss goodbye and then jetted out the door.
Just then her house phone rang and Lorelai answered it.
Emily: "Lorelai? Oh good, I managed to catch you here and not having to play phone tag all day,"
Lorelai: "It's better than playing Mother May I. What do you want, Mom?"
Emily: "Well, we need to go over some of the structural work for the Inn because the contractors need to know what to do or those idiots might make it into one of the buildings in a Roman Polanski film,"
Lorelai: "Oh what fun but I have my own inn to take care of,"
Emily: "I am quite aware you have the Dragonfly Inn to run however, it won't KILL you to take some time off to help me ensure that the Butterfly Inn which is a reflection of our partnership doesn't fall down if a Big Bad Wolf should appear,"
Lorelai: "Okay, I guess I could take some time tomorrow to help out. Is that good enough or should I hide the farm pigs in town from you?"
Emily: "I guess it will have to do for now. Fine, see you tomorrow,"
Lorelai sarcastically: "I just can't wait,"
Emily huffed: "Really, the way you're acting maybe I should be competing my inn against your inn instead of being in cooperation with yours,"
Lorelai overly cheery: "You're the best! I can't wait to see you tomorrow to work on OUR inn together! Bye Mom!"
Lorelai hung up and sighed.
Rory returned to her desk at the office to see a little box there. She sat down and studied it curiously. Finally, she opened it to see it was full of chocolate chunk cookies and a little note that read: "Thanks," signed by Ian. Rory looked back at Ian's desk but he wasn't there. She turned back to the cookies and smiled.
Luke was shuffling through the last box with the other boxes he had gone through looking pretty messed up.
Luke came out empty.
Luke: "Nothing! Nothing at all! Where the Hell did it go?!"
Kirk happened to walk by the garage when he overheard Luke.
Kirk: "Where did what go?"
Luke: "A ring that I bought for Lorelai. It fell out of my coat pocket and now it's Houdini's rabbit!"
Kirk: "A ring?"
Luke: "Yes, a ring,"
Kirk: "What kind of a ring?"
Luke: "An engagement ring…. a gold band with a big diamond in the middle surrounded by smaller diamonds… why are you asking?"
Kirk gulped: "I know where it is,"
Luke: "You DO?! Oh, thank God… where?!"
Kirk: "At my house… in one of my socks,"
Luke: "I'm not going to question WHY it's there, just get it back for me,"
Kirk: "I can't do that,"
Luke: "I'm already exhausted from Lorelai today, I don't have enough energy to deal with YOU right now. Why can't I have the ring back?"
Kirk: "Because it's in a pink ring box, wrapped with pink paper, topped with a pink bow… to be given to Lulu,"
Luke blinked.
Luke: "What?"
Kirk: "I never got the chance to ask Lulu to marry me but now…"
Luke advanced towards Kirk in a threatening manner.
Luke: "I don't care, give me the ring!"
Kirk: "I don't want to marry YOU, I want to marry Lulu,"
Luke gave Kirk a deadly Dirty Harry glare.
Luke growled: "Give me the damn ring so I can give the damn ring to Lorelai!"
Kirk: "Sorry Gollum. How do I really know it's YOUR ring… do you have proof of ownership?"
Luke nearly choked: "Proof of ownership?! I'll give you this proof!"
Luke held up a fist shaking it warningly.
Kirk: "That is not authentic proof… it won't change the fact I can't give it back to you,"
Luke: "What kind of proof do you need?"
Kirk: "Any written documentation of authenticity,"
Luke: "I don't have that, I didn't have anything with me at the time I bought it in Ohio. They had to give me a handkerchief to hide it in,"
Kirk: "Then you have no substantial proof,"
Luke was quickly trying to think of what he could do. Suddenly his eyes lit up.
Luke: "I DO have proof it's IN the ring I bought for Lorelai!"
Kirk: "Really, what?"
Luke: "I had something engraved on the inside of it… something that connects us together,"
Kirk: "What's that?"
Luke whispered what it was to Kirk and Kirk raised his eyebrows.
Kirk: "Huh, well I'll have to open the box to find out,"
Luke: "If you don't then I'll get a search warrant like on NYPD Blue and MAKE you open it! At least this way you will know for sure. I paid a lot of money for it and it's morally corrupt for you to take something that doesn't belong to you! Didn't you question getting a ring for free in the first place?"
Kirk: "I thought it was a heavenly prayer answered,"
Luke: "If you don't check that ring and give it back to me; you're gonna NEED a heavenly prayer to LIVE 'cause I'll kill ya Tony Soprano!"
Kirk sighed: "Very well, I'll check it and get back to you,"
Luke: "Yeah, you better!"
It was later that night when Rory entered her apartment for the night. Lina greeted her.
Lina: "Hey, what's up Roomy? Are you done for the night?"
Rory: "Finally. I can see you have dinner going,"
Lina: "Of course, I was anticipating your arrival… that and I was hungry,"
Rory: "Great I'm starving,"
Lina: "Even after all those cookies you ate?"
Rory laughed: "Yes,"
Lina: "I've got to say I never expected Ian to do anything like that but then again if I was him; I'd give you all the money I had to bailing me out of getting fired like that,"
Rory: "It wasn't like that, I would've done it for anyone,"
Lina: "Yeah but that's small town thinking. In big town like this; a lot of people are out for #1 and wouldn't have defended you like that,"
Rory: "However, big cities are big on respect and sophistication… I proved that I have those today,"
Lina: "True. Okay, so in celebration I did some digging and got tickets to the best place tomorrow night,"
Rory: "Really, where?"
Lina: "A rave club in Dorchester,"
Rory had to let that sink in for a minute. She was about to spat out her "no" explanations when her cell phone suddenly rang.
Rory checked who was calling.
Rory: "Oh wait, I've got to take this call,"
Lina: "Okay,"
Rory picked up her cell phone and brought it to her ear.
Rory: "Hello? Luke, why are you calling?"
Luke sat in the storage room of the diner.
Luke: "Things have been a little crazy here all of sudden,"
Rory: "That's not unusual but I'm getting the feeling I should ask; "like what?"
Luke: "Like your mother moved me out of my apartment and into her house,"
Rory started laughing hysterically.
Rory: "No way! Oh my gosh, I can't believe I MISSED that!"
Luke: "Yeah well, that's not the end of it,"
Rory: "What does that mean?"
Luke: "Um, well... I called you because I'm taking your mother to a special dinner tomorrow night sort of to celebrate…and ask her to marry me,"
Luke was looking at the engagement ring he had in his hand.
Rory nearly squealed: "Seriously, that's GREAT! I can't believe it! Mom moves you out and you ask her to marry you… she should've done it years ago!"
Luke: "Yeah, yeah, yeah,"
Rory: "I HAVE to be there!"
Luke: "Which brings the real reason behind this call. Would you be able to make it to the special diner tomorrow night?"
Rory looked over at Lina who held up the tickets to the rave.
Rory: "You're doing me a favor right now Luke, you have NO idea how. I'll be there with bells on,"
Luke: "It would be annoying but at least I would know when you'd arrive,"
Rory: "Okay, I'll be there then! Send me the directions tomorrow morning,"
Luke: "I'll leave it on your apartment answering machine,"
Rory: "Thanks Luke,"
Luke: "I wouldn't want this to go any other way,"
Rory: "Luke, I'm so happy for you two; I just want everything to be perfect!"
Luke: "I'm working on that,"
Rory: "Night Luke,"
Luke: "Night Rory,"
Rory hung up and turned to Lina.
Rory: "Gee Lina, sorry but I can't go to the rave with you tomorrow night… Luke is going to propose to my mother and I have to be there,"
Lina: "Okay but you don't know what you're missing…"
Rory: "Oh, I think I do,"
Lorelai was walking around what used to be the Independence Inn with Emily, Richard and a group of guys with hard hats. Luckily Tom was among them and when her parents weren't looking; Lorelai pretended to hang herself with an invisible noose.
Emily snapped: "Lorelai, are you paying attention?"
Lorelai: "I'm not paying ANYTHING for this boring tour,"
Emily: "Enough of the lame puns Abbott and Costello,"
Richard: "You're mother is right; this is serious business,"
Lorelai: "You have that wrong. See this is supposed to be the fun part… envisioning how the inn might look like. Not treating it like the prison in the Green Mile,"
Emily: "There is a lot of work to be done and I don't want to waste it dottiling about,"
Richard added: "Both construction and legal work need to be taken care of,"
Lorelai: "A lot of work? How about just keeping it the way it was thus; we wouldn't have to work so hard?"
Emily: "This is OUR inn now… OURS… it no longer belongs to Mia. With that in mind we should customize it to better fit our tastes."
Lorelai: "For YOU that means; chenille, flower patterns and poodles… I don't think so. This inn should cater to the guest's needs not ours,"
Richard: "Well the GUESTS NEED spas, saunas and massages,"
Lorelai: "For weddings, family reunions, company fundraisers and special diners? They won't want to leave! We'll have people practically living at the inn just to be in the spa! Plus we would have to make them pay a fortune to stay there when they could have gone to a big city's hotel,"
Emily: "See; the Dragonfly is YOUR inn and the Independence inn is MY inn… therefore I make the decisions,"
Lorelai: "What happened to it being OUR inn, huh Mom? If it IS YOUR inn, then what the hell am I doing here arguing with you for?!"
Emily: "For entertainment of course,"
Lorelai made a tight fist and bit her lips to keep herself from literally biting her mother's head off.
Luckily for her Luke happened to enter the scene.
Luke: "Hey Lorelai, how is it….?"
He noticed Lorelai's expression and Emily's defensive stance.
Luke: "Ur, never mind. Lorelai, could I talk to you for a minute?"
Lorelai: "Can the minute be a year, instead?"
Luke: "I think it's safer if it's only for a minute,"
Emily: "Fine, go. Maybe you can talk her into some common sense…"
Richard: "I find THAT entirely impossible to do,"
Luke almost had to drag Lorelai away from attacking her parents and took her outside.
Luke dryly: "The progress you guys have made with this project of yours is amazing… Tori Spelling and her mother couldn't have done a worse job,"
Lorelai: "Sometimes progress is slow…. like three-toed sloth slow. Anyway, you wanted to talk to me about something? Let's talk,"
Luke: "I was thinking; with things between you and your parents today that you might need a little pick-me-up. Not to mention; with the whole living together thing… I was thinking of taking you to a special place for diner tonight,"
Lorelai: "Ooh, Chuck 'E Cheese?!"
Luke: "No… some place without an animatronic rat,"
Lorelai: "Where?"
Luke: "You'll see when we get there,"
Lorelai: "Ah, you're playing Cryptic Man right now I see. Fine, I'll play along. I'm definitely starting to look forward to tonight. I only wish I could fast forward through time dealing with my parents. Is there anyway you could fly around the world and make it spin faster so time would go by faster like Superman can?"
Luke: "I COULD…. but I don't feel like it today. I AM Cryptic Man after all. Besides, It's my turn to revel in your discomfort,"
Lorelai pouted: "Now who's the one more manipulative than my mother? Luke Danes, that's who!"
Luke: "Play nice with her or it'll be REALLY bad for you and me if we get launched into a war with her. Especially considering she owns a business in Stars Hollow… one that could rival your business. I'm not saying join her Slitherins or something but at least you can be willing to negotiate on plans for the inn together,"
Lorelai: "You're under her evil spell, aren't you? I can't believe you're saying this to me,"
Luke: "We're living together right now, have you told them that yet?"
Lorelai gasped.
Luke: "Exactly… a good reason to go along with their mind control for at least a little while. This way, they won't consider invading the house and smoking us out,"
Lorelai: "Okay I'll cut her some slack but the MINUTE she brings up putting in a hair salon; I'm outta there,"
Luke: "I'll agree to that,"
Lorelai and Luke quickly kissed and went their separate ways.
Rory and Lina entered their apartment and threw their stuff on the couch.
Rory: "It's hard finding news to write about when there's no news out there,"
Lina: "I've had more interesting things happen watching a chess match than what went on today. All I came up with writing is; how Global Warming made the leaves more green this year and they probably won't change color for the winter until late November,"
Rory: "Yeah well, thanks to the summer season being over all the good movies are gone. There was nothing worth seeing and the one movie I DID attend; I fell asleep. No new music, plays or anything!"
Lina: "This calls for a night out on the town… dancing to techno music and flirting with hot college guys. Come on Rory, live a little with me,"
Rory: "No way, I've got something more important to do,"
Rory walked over to the answering machine and noticed it was blinking. She pressed a button and a second later she heard a very familiar voice.
Logan: "Rory, it's Logan. I got this number from Doyle since you haven't answered any of my calls to your cell phone I can only assume you have been either ignoring me or changed cell phones. This way I know FOR SURE, you've heard what I wanted to say to you. San Francisco isn't working out as well as I planned in terms of setting so we've moved the company to New York. I know you owe me nothing in terms of a second… third chance but I would at least like to clear the air on what happened with the proposal and why I was upset. I don't want you to hate me and I really don't want you to think it was your fault. Please call me back on my cell phone. Thanks, bye,"
Rory's back was facing Lina, when Lina took a step forward.
Lina: "Rory?"
Rory spun around.
Rory: "Let's go to the rave together,"
Lina: "All right! Let's celebrate our independence as strong women!"
Rory mumbled: "Ya-ya,"
Lorelai and Luke walked into Snippy's Tavern.
Lorelai: "Hmm, this place is oddly familiar… I just can't seem to pinpoint from where,"
Luke: "The Neverending Story,"
Lorelai: "Oh, THAT'S right,"
Luke: "Truth is I haven't been here for a long time so…"
Lorelai: "I'm the stone!"
Luke: "Huh?"
Lorelai: "I'm the stone you kill two birds with. I feel insulted,"
Luke: "You're not the stone, you're one of the birds,"
Lorelai: "Oh, well… okay then I feel much better. I won't call PETA on you now,"
Luke: "Will you just take a seat all ready?"
Lorelai: "I don't know, they look too heavy for me to carry,"
Luke: "I mean; sit down at an empty seat,"
Lorelai: "You should've said that earlier,"
Luke rolled his eyes and Lorelai snorted a small laugh. They found an empty table and sat down. Not too soon later, a familiar face came to their table.
Maisy: "Do my old eyes deceive me or is that really you Lucas?"
Luke: "It's no illusion and your eyes aren't old,"
Maisy: "Just me. Well hello there, Lorelai I'm glad to see you here again,"
Lorelai: "I'm like a cockroach… it's impossible to get rid of me,"
Luke: "Even after a nuclear explosion,"
Maisy: "You're not a nuiscience Lorelai, it's actually very refreshing to have you around. Having you here is a treat,"
Lorelai: "Maybe I should've moved Luke into my house sooner,"
Maisy: "What?"
Luke waved her off.
Luke: "Nothing, it's a LONG story,"
Bud: "Maisy, what is keeping you? You're stalling the… oh, Lucas what a surprise to see you sitting there. Oh and Lorelai too? Is this a special occasion of some sort?"
Luke: "You're not too far off. I guess you can say; we're celebrating moving up in the world,"
Lorelai teasing: "I moved him into my house… I know he misses every second he's not with me,"
Luke: "I'm not feeling that way right now. Why did you tell them that… it's kind of embarrassing,"
Maisy: "I get it, now. No one would've ever been able to move him out of that diner any other way. You're very innovative Lorelai,"
Luke: "Don't encourage her,"
Bud: "So you're discouraging her by taking her out to diner?"
Luke was at a loss for words.
Lorelai: "Thank-you Bud,"
Bud: "It was my pleasure. Now that things have simmered down, how about dinner?"
Luke: "You can bring whatever it is you have in mind for us to eat. I've got to check on something for a minute. Lorelai, can I borrow your cell phone?"
Lorelai: "First thing we should do tomorrow as an a newly moved couple is buy you a cell phone. Maybe something in a flannel pattern or with spatulas on it… if they have one,"
Lorelai searched through her purse, pulled out her cell phone and handed it over to Luke.
Luke sarcastically: "I'm looking forward to that,"
Luke walked out of the restaurant. He pressed the 1 number, then another button and it dialed.
Rory walked into the Rave club wearing a short skirt and her hair up in a small bun. She was wearing a tank top under a black leather jacket. Lina was wearing a short black leather skirt, a shirt that cut off to her stomach, long black leather boots, and her long brown hair up in a ponytail.
Lina: "Lose the jacket… you're hiding your stuff,"
Rory: "That's the point,"
Lina: "No, the point is to show off your stuff to the guys. You've got to be able to stand out at a rave or you'll get lost in the crowd,"
Rory: "Then this is the perfect way to stand out,"
Lina: "If you're not going to have fun; what was the reason behind coming with me?"
Rory hesitated: "Just… a change of pace,"
Lina: "Well you better adjust to this pace or you're gonna have a bad time. Don't be afraid to let it all hang out,"
Rory: "I don't want to be Britany Spears,"
Lina: "You don't have to go that far. Let people know you're a free, fun-loving person by letting go of whatever might be bothering you. Anything you have ever doubted or stressed over… it should be tossed outside,"
Rory: "As long as I can go outside with them,"
Lina: "You're not married, tied down with anyone or in a serious relationship. People should know you're free and available,"
Rory sighed. Then she shook off her bad feelings.
Rory: "Okay, I'm ready,"
The music in the place was so loud; it drowned the sound of Rory's cell phone ringing.
Luke reentered the restaurant and sat down across from Lorelai with confusion in his face.
Lorelai: "Is everything okay?"
Luke: "I don't know. I hope it is. We might have to stick around here longer than what I thought,"
Lorelai: "All right, no problem. You don't have to worry about me, I'm happy here,"
A waitress came around with plates of lasagna. Lorelai began digging in while Luke stuck the handkerchief back inside his leather jacket.
Meanwhile, Rory and Lina were dancing around to the music when two guys came up to them.
Lina: "Here come some hotties, now do your stuff and don't embarrass me. Play it cool,"
Rory: "Like Billy Joel,"
One of the guys had short, spiky black hair, blue eyes and a gold hoop earring. The other guy had short red hair, green eyes and wore a black leather jacket.
Redheaded Guy: "I'm glad to see someone else wearing a black leather jacket here. I was beginning to think I was James Dean here,"
Rory: "Wow, I'm impressed someone in a place like this knows who James Dean is,"
As Rory and Red seem to be hitting it off so did Lina and the guy's friend.
Redheaded Guy: "I'm embarrassed to say I'm an old movie/old music buff. Tom there always teases me about it,"
Rory: "Don't worry; he can tease me now because I'm a buff too,"
Redheaded Guy: "No way. My name is Oliver and that's my best friend Tom,"
Rory: "I'm Rory, that's my roommate Lina. Your name is Oliver?"
Oliver: "Yeah, my mother named me from the Broadway play of Oliver Twist because of my red hair and awkwardness. You're name is different, I haven't met too many Rory's,"
Rory: "It's a nickname actually. My full first name is Lorelai. My mother named me after herself,"
Oliver: "Like the Styx's "Lorelei?"
Rory: "No, more like the "Irish Gilmore", Lorelai. I like your reference version better though,"
Oliver: "Thanks,"
Lina interrupted them.
Lina: "Hey Rory, look who's there,"
Lina pointed to a guy in the distance. It was Ian.
Lina: "In a million years I never would've guessed he would be here,"
Rory: "I never thought I would be here,"
Lina: "True… but at least you're not anti-social like him,"
Rory: "I've had my moments. I think this is good for him… to go out among the people and all. Maybe he took what the Boss said a little too literally,"
Lina: "Like you said this is good for him. Now let's drop the subject and switch to better prospects in our future,"
Lina indicated at the two guys next to them.
Rory: "I won't argue with you on that one,"
As Rory was about to speak, her cell phone rang. She lifted it out of her purse, shut it off and then put it back inside her purse.
Luke sighed heavily and once again went inside Sniffy's Tavern. He sat down across from Lorelai with a depressed look in his face.
Lina: "Rory, Tom and I are going to the apartment after the Rave for a little private celebrating,"
Rory: "Stop right there. I get the hint. I'll go and see my mother after,"
Oliver: "You shouldn't have to be kicked out of your own apartment with no where to go like that! Why not come to my place? I have CDS and DVDS to keep us entertained until your apartment is clear,"
Rory: "I don't know…"
Oliver: "I get the impression you're not into baseball so hitting bases isn't your intention. It's not my favorite pastime either. I assure you all I'm looking for is some company,"
Rory thought about it for a minute and after she glanced down at her cell phone she looked back up with a determined face.
Rory: "Let's go,"
Lorelai: "Who are you waiting for to show up… Elvis?"
Luke snapped to attention and adjusted his seat nervously.
Luke: "No and who said I was waiting for someone?"
Lorelai: "You keep asking to borrow my cell phone to make calls and then sit there looking disappointed. You've disappeared so much it's like going on a date with the Invisible Man,"
Luke: "Sorry about that. How many more "man" references are you going to use today?"
Lorelai: "Let's see there's; Spiderman, Batman, Harvy Birdman, Rainman, Iron Man, Macho Macho Man, Brandon Frazier's worst movie ever; "Encino Man", Man of the Hour, the 1,000 year old Man, Ed Macmman…"
Luke: "Please God, STOP!"
Lorelai: "Fine then, tell me what's wrong with you,"
Luke: "I was waiting for Rory to come,"
Lorelai: "Rory? Really? Rory was going to be here? Why?"
Luke: "I told her about you moving me into your house and that I wanted to take you to dinner tonight. She wanted to be here to tease me and congratulate you,"
Lorelai: "Did she promise or did she casually say she might stop by?"
Luke: "She promised she'd be here with bells on,"
Lorelai: "With bells? She didn't answer her cell phone?"
Luke: "Nope, and on the second time; I think it got cut off,"
Lorelai took her cell phone off the table, dialed and brought it to her ears. A second later, she took it away with a perplexed look on her face.
Lorelai: "She shut it off. She NEVER shuts off her cell phone unless she's at a movie or something. She wouldn't be watching a movie when she's supposed to be keeping a promise. I wander if maybe she couldn't afford her cell phone bill or something. I'm going to call her apartment phone,"
One again Lorelai picked up her cell phone and dialed.
Lorelai: "Rory, hello it's Mom. Apparently you're supposed to be here at the restaurant but you're not and it's really got me worried. Please call me right back as soon as you hear this message,"
Lorelai hung up with a panic.
Lorelai: "She's not there, either! Where the Hell is she?"
Luke: "Calm down, we should be trying to figure out WHY she's not here. Did she tell you anything over the phone last night?"
Lorelai: "Not really. She was in one of those moods where she wasn't going to tell me whatever was bothering her. She mentioned something about Logan calling her cell phone lately…"
Lorelai shot out of her set and started gathering her things in a hurry. Luke stood up, too.
Luke: "Lorelai, what's going on?"
Lorelai: "I have to go right away,"
Luke: "Go? Go where?"
Lorelai: "To Boston, Belinda Carlisle,"
Luke: "Why?"
Lorelai: "Logan. It MUST be that. Maybe he found out where she lives and stopped by or she picked up her cell phone accidentally and talked to him. Either way, something must've happened with him and whenever that happens; she flips out. She needs me, I have to go,"
Luke: "Okay then, I'll go with you. This way, we're still spending the night together, right?"
Lorelai laughed a little.
Lorelai: "Yeah, that's right,"
Luke: "You go ahead, I'll be there in a minute,"
Lorelai: "Full speed ahead!"
Lorelai ran for the door while Luke grabbed the handkerchief off the table and stuck it back in his jacket pocket. Then he ran to join up with Lorelai.
Rory and Oliver were sitting on a couch in front of a television, watching "Goodfellas".
Oliver: "Not too many girls I know would watch this movie with me,"
Rory: "Oh yeah, my mother and I love gangster movies… they're classics to us. Plus we love cement shoes,"
Oliver: "Got it,"
Rory: "I think it should be long enough for me to go back to my apartment,"
Oliver: "Do you mind if I ask you something?"
Rory: "As long as you understand; you don't have a chance with me,"
Oliver laughed: "No, that's not what I wanted to ask. But thanks for the warning,"
Rory: "Okay then, go ahead,"
Oliver: "Why did you go to the Rave? You're not exactly the type to go to places like that,"
Rory sighed and paused. Finally she spoke up.
Rory: "I just got out of a VERY serious relationship… the kind where he proposed. However, I wasn't ready to think of settling down. I mean I want to be a famous reporter and that requires a lot of free time to travel around, getting the big scoops. There's no way I could balance my career with a family life right now. So I declined… and he left me behind. At first I was okay with it or basically denying it effected me at all. But…. my best friend just got married and had twins, another good friend recently got engaged, and earlier tonight my mother was proposed to by someone who's like a father to me…"
Oliver: "I'm starting to get the big picture here,"
Rory: "Exactly, I'm starting to think that maybe I could've gone along with it in a few years. All I needed was more time to really think about it but he didn't give me that. He chose to turn away from me and run instead. He's been calling trying to explain why he did it but I just don't want to hear it anymore. Not with everyone around me getting married and being happy. While I sit here alone and wonder if I missed MY chance for that,"
Oliver: "I think you put too much pressure on yourself. I think you're looking too much for a deeper meaning as to why you said no to him. Things don't always have to be complicated or have an ulterior motive. Your type of person does that to yourself very easily and it causes you to miss out on some of the freedoms of being young. Like what Ferris Bueller said about; "Life goes by pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." To someone who always thinks simply like me; I think you weren't ready to be stuck in one stage of life. You haven't explored all that the world has to offer because you have closed yourself off from it for so long. Now that you have the chance to; you don't want anything holding you back. A serious relationship…especially a marriage wouldn't do anything BUT hold you back from being your own independent person. So you would only feel trapped. Saying no was the best thing you could've done for yourself,"
Rory: "Wow, you're good. Are you the next Freud or have you secretly talked to my mother?"
Oliver: "Neither; I've watched a lot of Ophra with my mother as a kid,"
Rory laughed.
Oliver: "Truth is I'm in a Psychology Major at Harvard,"
Rory: "Wow, that's impressive,"
Lorelai and Luke approached Rory's apartment door.
Lorelai knocked loudly through the loud music sounds from the movie shouting: "Little pig, little pig… let me in!"
Luke sarcastically: "Yeah, that's gonna work,"
Lorelai: "Oh, right… key!"
Lorelai dug through her purse and pulled out a single key.
Luke: "Practical thinking wins again,"
Lorelai used the key to unlock the door and then she burst inside. She walked to the living room where Lina was quickly throwing a shirt on.
Lina: "Gee Rory, you could have at least knocked before entering,"
Lorelai: "I DID knock and I'm not Rory,"
As soon as Lina realized it was Lorelai standing there she shot up out of the couch.
Lina: "Lorelai?! What are you doing here?!"
Lorelai: "I'm searching for my daughter. See she was supposed to show up at our dinner but she didn't and we can't seem to get a hold of her. Now she's not here but you are with a guy playing naked twister. Where's Rory?!"
Lina: "She and I met these two guys at the rave. I wanted to get to know Tom personally but of course Rory didn't want to be anywhere near us so she's staying over at Oliver's apartment,"
Lorelai: "Listen to me Rizzo; you might not have parents who are nearby to worry about you but that's not the case for Rory. She is my reason for living and when she doesn't show up somewhere she promises to be; that switches me into Worried Mother Mode. Rory is in a big, city she has hardly been to! You shouldn't be leaving her alone with some guy she just met at a rave club! That could put her in personal danger! Could you be able to live with yourself if something DID happen to her because if you can then you're not a friend of Rory's at all! Now tell me where she is!"
Tom handed Lorelai a paper with directions written on it.
Lorelai: "Thank-you, now if you don't mind; I've got to go and retrieve my daughter,"
Lorelai joined up with Luke who was practically cowering at the door making sure not to get in the way of her fumes.
Lorelai snapped: "Move it, Luke!"
Luke: "Geez, I'm moving,"
Rory and Oliver were watching the Tommy shooting someone in "Goodfellas" when Lorelai pounded on the door.
Lorelai: "I hear gunshots!"
Luke: "They're probably just watching a movie,"
Lorelai: "Luke, break the door down!"
Luke: "What? Do I look like a battering ram to you?"
Lorelai: "Well what do you think that thick head of yours is for?"
Luke: "I walked right into that one. I can't break down the door! We'd have to pay the landlord for the damages!"
Lorelai: "I need you to switch out of "Romantic Luke" and into "Pissed Off Luke"! Get in there and beat him up!"
Luke: "Excuse me? The last fight I was in wasn't exactly one of my most proudest moments,"
Lorelai: "All will be forgiven Oscar Delatoya, just get in there!"
Luke: "You're hysterical right now! You have GOT to calm down!"
Lorelai: "You care about Rory, right?"
Luke: "Of course I do but I'm not going to blow people away to get to her like Travis Bickle,"
Lorelai: "Somewhere in there is my daughter and we have no idea what is going on inside! She could be in trouble while you're standing there tallying in your head how much a new door would cost! If you won't help me, fine! I can figure out a way to get in there myself, but don't you dare try to stop me or I'll run you over!"
Luke: "This is one of the times where I can't believe I'm about to say this but; I SERIOUSLY think you need coffee to relax!"
Lorelai went through her purse and pulled out a credit card.
Luke: "Oh goody, now you're breaking and entering,"
Lorelai: "There's no breaking here… I'm just entering,"
Lorelai used the card to open the door. She burst into the front room with her arms raised holding a pretend gun.
Lorelai: "Police…freeze! Put your hands in the air!"
Rory: "MOOOMM!"
Luke: "Lorelai, I think you can put the invisible gun down now,"
Rory jolted to her feet.
Rory: "What are you DOING here?!"
Lorelai: "That's my question for you!"
Rory: "What does it look like? I'm watching a movie with a new friend of mine,"
Lorelai: "Luke told me you were supposed to be at the diner tonight and yet here you are!
Rory: "Luke! Why did you tell her that?!"
Luke: "Sorry, I didn't think she would react this way!"
Lorelai: "This isn't Luke's fault! You could've at least called and let us know you weren't going to come! I was worried SICK about you! I kept on wondering if something BAD had happened to you!"
Rory: "I'm not a kid anymore, I'm a responsible adult! I can take care of myself!"
Lorelai: "You're not in a small town like Stars Hollow where everyone knows you and is there to help if you get into trouble! You're in a big city where bad things can happen at any time and you've never taken self-defense or anything like that. You met a stranger at a rave club of all places and went back to his apartment… that puts a big target on you as being naïve! You've heard of Darryl Littlejohn! I would congratulate you on actually going to a Rave club if I wasn't too busy panicking a moment ago. What if he had tried to make moves on you but you didn't want to… would you be able to get out of the bad situation on your own? You're lucky it worked out this time but next time you might not be so lucky! All of this just because Logan is trying to push himself into your life again!"
Rory: "I'm sorry Mom but I wanted to live a little for one night without thinking about things too much. I didn't want to consider anything else but I guess I should have. I could have at least answered when Luke called my cell phone and told him I wasn't coming but… I received a message from Logan. It reminded me of how I haven't changed at all since I went out with him and how I end up getting stuck in the same places with him. When things upset me I have this desire to do crazy things so I can feel like a normal person. I should stop doing that but I can't yet. There are still some things I need to figure out for myself and that includes what I want from life. It's something I should find out on my own but I guess I have to keep in mind there are people who care about me that need to know when I feel that way. I must've ruined the night for you two,"
Lorelai: "That doesn't matter to me. What matters to me is; knowing that you're okay and next time when you're feeling out of sorts… please at least me know you're going to be taking off. You don't have to tell me where or what time if you don't want to. I don't want to lose you from my normal life. I want to keep the tight relationship we have because it's worth so much to me. I don't want anything to change that unless it makes it better,"
Rory: "I understand. Well, I guess this means I should really head out to my apartment,"
Lorelai nodded: "I'll go on ahead and leave you to your Casablanca good-byes,"
Lorelai turned around and headed out.
Rory to Luke: "Did you…?"
Luke: "No, no. It wasn't the best moment to spring it on her,"
Rory: "I apologize deeply, Luke,"
Luke waved her off.
Luke: "Nah, it's okay. By the way; I would save that apology for your roommate when you get back to your apartment if I were you,"
Rory: "Why?"
Luke: "Your mother "Barberella", took a verbal swing at her,"
Rory: "What? Oh, man,"
Luke turned and left.
Oliver stood up from the couch to face Rory.
Oliver: "Goodbye Rory,"
Rory: "Goodbye Oliver,"
Oliver: "Ian was right,"
Rory: "Ian? How do you know Ian?"
Oliver: "He's my cousin. His parents were abusive towards him and as soon as he turned eighteen he moved out to live on his own. I moved here from New York to attend Harvard and when my parents found out he lives here they suggested I should look out for him. He hardly talks to anyone even in our family. We were at the Rave hanging out together with Tom when you and Lina came in. He surprised me by stating how you're a nice, sweet girl. He told Tom and I to go and greet you. To intercept in case any vultures wanted to swoop in to take advantage of you. I must say I'm glad I did. It's nice to meet someone who is different than everyone else and who share the interests as I do,"
Rory: "I feel the same way. Thanks for what you said about my decision towards being engaged. It really helped to confirm what I hoped was true,"
Oliver: "No problem. See you again, later,"
Rory: "See you later,"
Later that night Lorelai and Luke were lying awake in bed.
Lorelai: "This is strange, isn't it?"
Luke: "Yup,"
Lorelai: "I guess we're gonna have to get used to it if we really expect things to move forward with us,"
Luke: "I guess so,"
Lorelai: "Hey Luke?"
Luke: "Yeah?"
Lorelai: "How did you know Rory was okay?"
Luke: "They were watching "Goodfellas" it's not exactly a come-on movie,"
Lorelai: "Oh, right. Hey Luke?"
Luke: "Caught in a déjà vu warp tunnel, huh?"
Lorelai: "If Rory WAS in trouble… you would've charged in there and knocked him out, right?"
Luke: "He wouldn't of even seen it coming,"
Lorelai nodded approvingly.
Luke: "You KNOW I would've. Why did you even bother asking me that?"
Lorelai: "I want to know… why? Why would you step in like that? When Dean broke up with her you fought him in the street and I know you worked very hard to keep Jess in line when he was going out with her. When we caught Rory and Logan making out at my parents wedding renewal you wanted to kick his head in. Why do you act that way?"
Luke: "I'm not one of the Greek fighters in the "300" movie. You make it sound like that. I just think a lot of Rory and I want to protect her from getting hurt… the same as you. She was the first kid I ever met that didn't make me want to send them all to Mars and she always worked hard to get what she wanted. I've never had so much respect for a kid like that… well April too,"
Lorelai: "You sort of think of Rory as your daughter, don't you?"
Luke started to blush.
Luke: "No, no… I swear that's not what I meant,"
Lorelai: "I'm not saying it like you want to replace her real father but… you would WANT Rory as your daughter,"
Luke: "When we went to Rory's twenty-first birthday party and you two weren't speaking. I went looking for some beer when I ran into her and she introduced me to some of the DAR ladies who laughed at me. She introduced me as her Step-father to be and I felt so honored. It really meant a lot to me,"
Lorelai smiled.
Lorelai: "For all the years that you've been then for her even when you didn't have to… I know she thinks of you like another father. You don't need to have it be officially announced. She learned a lot from me but I think she also learned a lot from knowing you. You've always been a steady rock for me and for Rory to stand on. I don't think she would be the way she is now without having a male figure in her life that was positive when her own experience with her father wasn't so steady. I want to make sure you know that, especially since we're living under the same roof for the moment,"
Luke: "You're wrong…we're going to be under the same roof no matter what building we're in,"
Lorelai laughed a little.
Lorelai: "Unless we're at a drive-in,"
Luke: "The night sky is a roof,"
Lorelai: "I did not know that but I know it now,"
Luke: "We still learn from each other… every day,"
The next day Rory entered the newsroom and walked straight to Ian's desk where he was sleeping.
Rory: "Ian?"
Ian snapped awake and lifted his head up to look at her.
Rory: "Thank-you for sending Oliver to greet me. I just can't understand though why you would do that,"
Ian: "I like you. I wanted you to be safe,"
Rory was taken back.
Rory: "Why do you like me?"
Ian: "You're nice. You want to go onto bigger things and you're willing to fight to get there. I always get stuck at the bottom where I believe I belong. I'm a little jealous about that but also inspired at the same time. I want to be a photographer for the front cover of the paper but I'm just a guy who organizes the Funnies Page,"
Rory: "You can get there Ian. I know you can. You have a keen sense for things and that is a huge requirement for getting the right picture. If you want it bad enough to fight for it,"
Ian: "Then we'll get there… to the front cover… together,"
Rory: "It's a deal. Lois and Jimmy ready to take the newspaper by storm,"
Ian nodded then put his head back down on the desk. Rory walked away with a smile on her face.
It's funny sometimes how as a writer I plan certain things out and how they're going to go but then as I'm writing; I change my mind. Oliver is one of them. I originally wrote him to be dangerous for Rory and try to assault her but as I was writing I got too attached to his character to let that happen. And as it turns out I need him for the next episode. I wanted to have Rory getting into a relationship with Ian but as I wrote Oliver I realized Ian was too much like Luke. As a result; I'm having Ian become sort of Rory's partner in crime (so-to-speak) instead. Rory and Oliver are going to hit it off nicely but not too deeply.
Episode 5: "Dance, Dance Resolution"- When Taylor's latest festive move puts the gazebo in really bad shape; the town is in desperate need to raise funds to rebuild it. So the Dance Marathon is revived but with more improvements and more rewards for the winners. Which of course has Lorelai eager and waiting… that is for a very unfortunate Luke. It's Lorelai/Luke, Rory/Oliver, Kirk/Lulu, Sookie/Jackson, Lane/Zach, Babbette/Mori, and a few other pairings. In the end; someone will win and someone will get an even better surprise… a proposal. Who will it be? Read the next episode to find out.